Jason Kelce will attempt his hand at late-night tv early subsequent yr.
Kelce introduced throughout an look on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” on Thursday evening that he’ll host “They Name It Late Evening with Jason Kelce” on ESPN. The one-hour present will tape on 5 straight Friday nights starting Jan. 3. That coincides with the final week of the NFL’s common season and the playoffs.
The present will likely be filmed in entrance of a stay viewers from Union Switch in Philadelphia. The primary 4 episodes will air at 1 a.m. ET beginning Jan. 4 with the ultimate episode at 1:30 on Feb. 1.
“I cherished late-night reveals. I’ve at all times cherished them. I keep in mind sleepovers watching Conan O’Brien with my pals,” Kelce mentioned on Kimmel’s present. “We will have a bunch of fellows up there: legends of the sport, pals that I performed with, coaches, celebrities.”
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The Philadelphia-based band Snacktime will present the present’s music.
The present’s title is an homage to “They Name it Professional Soccer,” which was NFL Movies’ first full-length movie in 1967. NFL Movies originated in Philadelphia, and founders Ed and Steve Sabol are within the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame. “They Name if Professional Soccer” featured the legendary voice of John Facenda, who did the information on Philadelphia tv earlier than changing into higher often known as the voice of NFL Movies.
Every episode of Kelce’s present can have repeat airings on ESPN2 and will likely be accessible on ESPN+ and ESPN’s and Kelce’s YouTube channels.
Kelce is within the first yr of a multiyear settlement with ESPN. He seems on “Monday Evening Countdown” and offers halftime and postgame evaluation. He performed 13 years for the Philadelphia Eagles earlier than retiring on the finish of final season and was probably the most sought-after former participant by networks. He participated in final yr’s NFL Broadcasting and Media Workshop.
Kelce has made information these days, although, for different causes.
He was concerned in a confrontation in State School, Pennsylvania, earlier than the Penn State-Ohio State sport on Nov. 2, when a fan heckled Kelce and appeared to shout an anti-gay slur about his brother, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce. Video confirmed Jason Kelce grabbing the fan’s cellphone and throwing it to the bottom. Kelce appeared to make use of the identical anti-gay slur throughout the change.
Kelce apologized for the incident on ESPN on Nov. 4.
On Thursday evening, an autograph seeker verbally confronted Kelce as he was coming into a automobile outdoors the El Capitan Leisure Heart in Los Angeles, the place “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!” is taped.
Video obtained by TMZ reveals Kelce explaining that he would not signal autographs for individuals who observe him. After being shouted at for over two minutes, Kelce ultimately will get out of the automobile, indicators autographs and shakes the person’s hand.
